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Screenwriter-producer Melissa Rosenberg helped make Breaking Dawn a box office smash by staying faithful to the books. With her next project Earthseed, she ditches fan loyalty for high fidelity, by "sounding out" her script with f/x experts at ILM

Hollywood seems to have caught alien fever. In the past few months, a slew of big-budget alien movies has hit theaters, from kiddie flicks ("Mars Needs Moms") to comedies ("Paul") to high-octane action films ("Battle: Los Angeles," "Green Lantern" and the just-released " Cowboys & Aliens ," among others).

In a world full of CG and unlimited budgets, one man clings tight to his hand-crafted illustrations.